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Guest book December 2016

29/12/2016

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Our guest book posts from December:

"The food was delicious and plentiful""
"Thanks to the crew for their infinite helpfulness and patience"
" the burma trip was fantastic"
"great diving, great company, great food and overall great experience!
"amazeball trip with memories that will last a lifetime"
"la tete remplie de beaux moments, aussi bien dans l'eau que sur le bateau avec le meilleur staff de tout l'ocean"
"this trip was a wonderful experience for us! "
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Great trip with friends

16/12/2016

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Burma dive cruise with The Smiling Seahorse

Dive cruise with The Smiling seahorse
Always good to have some returned customers, with Jane, Christophe, Yves and Thierry, who were already on the boat with us three years ago! Thanks for the great french specialties that you bring with you on board!
Pygmy shrimps
Congratulations to Dominique and Kerstin for the good improvement of their skills while doing their Advanced Open Water and Christian and Stefan for their Nitrox certifications.
Nurse sharks
Even with some clouds over the sea, the ambiance on the MV Thai Sea was warm and full of laughing! Thanks to Meriem, Catherine, Sarah and Aude for your good mood!
Underwater we had some rays, eagle and big jenkin's, plenty of sea horses, a big nurse shark and a lonely but curious cobia.
Stingray
Our dive cruises in Burma:
6D/5N long Burma: Explore Mergui Archipelago  
7D Burma: Black Rock in a week  
8D/7N Burma: Undiscovered Mergui  
9D Exploration :    One step further ​
Stay tunned and you can take a look on the great video from one of our guest from last season available on our Facebook page. Thanks to Will!
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Thailand, here we go again...

4/12/2016

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Dive cruise in Thailand with The Smiling Seahorse

Dive cruise in Thailand with The Smiling Seahorse
Dive cruise in Thailand with The Smiling Seahorse
After one month, we were back to the Surin and Similans Islands !
With an international team again: Neta and Gil from Israel; Pie and Charlie from England; Reinhart and Charlotte from Belgium; Alain from Switzerland; Christian, Dominique, Morgan and Luce from France.
Congratulations to Dominique, Reinhart and Charlotte for their Advanced certifications; and Neta for her Adventure Deep Dive. And also Luce who is continuing her divemaster training!
Kohl's rays, barracudas and trevallies schools all around ...
Koh Tachai was amazing as always with huge colorful seafans everywhere!
It has been a ray and octopus festival...
Black spotted Stingray
And also Maldives sponge snails, turtles...
And always the sunsets ... 
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Thailand sea sunset...
Best of Thailand itinerary
Where to dive in Thailand?
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Welcome back to Black Rock...

4/12/2016

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8 days Mergui Archipelago discovery

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For the first time of the season, we went back to Black Rock and what a nice trip!
8 days with a bunch of incredible people from all around the world: Cheryl, Meg, Craig and Gary from Canada; Charles from the USA; Jesus and Manuel from Spain; Patrick, Sylvie and Luce from Switzerland; and Aurélie from France.
Diving has been amazing!  
​Marbled rays ...
Stingray
Cuttlefishes mating everywhere ...
Cuttlefishies
Octopusses posing for our photographer ...
Cool octopus...
Giant jellyfish full of baby lime fishes ...
Jelly fish
Turtles ...
Sea Turtle
Impressive stone fishes...
Stone fish
Beautiful frogfishes ...
Frogfish
Red frogfish
And Seahorse City started to be crowded ;)
Tiger tail Seahorse
And between the dives, island shopping, snorkeling, sunsets ... the dream!
Dream dive cruise with The Smiling Seahorse

Congratulations Aurélie for your Open Water and Advanced certifications, you had been a great student! Congratulations also to Charles, Meg and Cheryl for their Advanced level. And to Charles, Gary and Aurélie who became Nitrox divers!
Thank you all for the funny moments we shared, Cheryl for the after dive songs and the wake up calls "Diving, diving ..."; and Gary for the unforgettable trumpet melodies ...
And of course, thank you Sylvie and Patrick for the "saucissons" and the delightful swiss cheeses ;)
Our dive cruises in Burma:
6D/5N long Burma: Explore Mergui Archipelago  
7D Burma: Black Rock in a week  
8D/7N Burma: Undiscovered Mergui  
9D Exploration :    One step further ​
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  • When & Where
    • Schedule and Prices
    • Destinations >
      • North Andaman Thailand >
        • Similan Islands
        • Surin Islands >
          • Richelieu rock
        • The essential Underwater photo Guide to diving Thailand
      • South Andaman Thailand
      • Mergui Archipelago >
        • Marine life in the Andaman Sea
        • Burma's best dive sites
        • The Ultimate Underwater photo Guide to diving Burma
  • ABOUT
    • Our Boat >
      • DELICIOUS FOOD
    • Guest Book
    • Diving in Thailand in 2022-2023 >
      • Ranong Departures >
        • 3D Thailand: Surin National Park
        • 4D Thailand from Ranong 5pm-7pm
        • 5D Thailand: Surin and Similan
        • 6D Thailand: Surin and Similan end to Ranong
        • 7D North Andaman: Surin and Similan from Ranong
        • 8D Thailand: North & South
        • Alternative itineraries for full charter >
          • 4D4N Evening to morning - Surin Similan
      • Khao Lak Departures >
        • 5D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 6D North Andaman: From Khao Lak to Ranong
        • 7D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 7D Khao Lak to Khao Lak
        • 8D North & South Andaman Thailand
      • Phuket departures >
        • 5D South Andaman: Lanta and Tarutao National Parks
        • 8D Thailand: South & North
    • Blackwater diving in Thailand
    • Marine life in Thailand's Andaman Sea
    • Diving in Myanmar | Burma dive cruises >
      • 6D Burma : South Mergui Archipelago
      • 7D Burma: dive Black Rock
      • 8D Burma: Undiscovered Mergui
      • 9D Burma: Exploration trip
    • Dive Courses >
      • Learn to Dive
      • Continue diving education
      • Rescue diver
      • Professional Dive Courses
    • Photo coaching onboard
    • FAQ
  • Plan your trip
    • Accommodation in Ranong
    • SHA+ hotels in Phuket
    • Bungalows in Koh Phayam
    • Khao Sok National Park
    • Taxi services >
      • Taxi services to and from Ranong
      • Taxi services to and from Phuket
      • Taxi services to Tap Lamu and Khao Lak
    • 10 things to do around Ranong
    • Covid-19 news & infos >
      • COVID-19 update travel to Thailand
      • Covid-19 protection on-board
  • PROMO
    • HOT DEALS
    • Blackwater Expedition 05 Jan 2023
    • UW-Photography Clinic 13 Jan 2023
    • Whale shark expedition - 4 Feb 2023 - North and South
    • Manta rays expedition - 19 Mar 2023
  • gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • CONTACT
  • BLOG
    • Most popular posts